So many souls,
Christians and
non-Christians,
live in fear and
dread today.

Thousands are
without jobs, or
barely making a
living.
Retirement funds
have disappeared
into the pockets
of thieves.

The elderly are
wondering how
they are going
to make it. It’s
always been
tough for them,
but it’s getting
worse, much
worse. And then
there is
Obamacare.

Plans for
college have
been put on hold
or forgotten.
Those graduating
from colleges,
universities,
trade schools,
etc. are shocked
to find nothing
there for them.

The cost of …
well …
everything,
keeps going up,
but the funds
that come in the
household have
remained at the
same level,
shrunk or
vanished. The
only ones not
feeling the
effects are the
wealthy and very
wealthy.

Nature has
turned against
man and taken
his homes in
floods,
wildfires and
other “natural”
disasters. There
is too much rain
in some areas,
and too much
drought in
others. Winter
skipped Spring
and went
directly to
Summer, and
Summer is here
with a blast.
Extreme heat has
broken over
4,500 records.

Any crime you
care to mention
is out of
control. Our
police agencies
are swamped, and
our jails and
prisons are
bursting at the
seams.

We may soon be
hearing about
the largest bank
scandal in
history. It is
alleged that
twenty major
banks have been
fixing interest
rates for years.
If this is true,
it will affect
the global
financial
system, and
major Banks
could crumble.

Diseases are
rampant. New
wars are
anticipated.
Earthquakes are
breaking out
around the
globe. Volcanoes
are waking up.
Violent storms
are moving over
the oceans and
headed toward
land. And I’ve
hardly scratched
the surface.

Is there
anything that
could possibly
give us hope for
a better day?
All that is
around us is
nothing but
utter chaos, and
is worsening by
the day.
Suicides are up
because people
are losing hope.
Can there
possibly be
sunshine at the
end of this long
tunnel?

“1Let
not your heart
be troubled: ye
believe in God,
believe also in
me. 2In
my Father's
house are many
mansions: if it
were not so, I
would have told
you. I go to
prepare a place
for you. 3And
if I go and
prepare a place
for you, I will
come again, and
receive you unto
myself; that
where I am,
there ye may be
also. 4And
whither I go ye
know, and the
way ye know.”
(John 14:1-4)

“…
I come quickly…”
(Revelation
3:11; 22:7;
22:12; 22:20)

I’m here to tell
you, that if you
know Jesus
Christ as your
personal Savior,
your hope is
grounded on the
Rock (Matthew
16:18), God
Himself, and you
have nothing to
fear. If you
don’t know
Jesus, you can,
and you too can
have a hope that
surpasses
anything you
ever imagined.

By the time you
have read to
this point, some
may be thinking,
“I thought he
was going to
talk sense. I
want to hear
about real hope,
not that
religious
stuff.”

“And
now, Lord, what
wait I for? my
hope is in thee.”
(Psalms 39:7)

“Why
art thou cast
down, O my soul?
and why art thou
disquieted in
me? hope thou in
God: for I shall
yet praise him
for the help of
his countenance.”
(Psalms 42:5)

“I
pray that your
hearts will be
flooded with
light so that
you can
understand the
confident hope
he has given to
those he
called—his holy
people who are
his rich and
glorious
inheritance.”
(Ephesians 1:18
NLT)

Understand that
all you see
happening around
you is bringing
this world to a
time of
judgment, but if
you would come
to God through
His Son, Jesus,
there is comfort
for you. There
is a promise
from God that
you will, at His
appointed time,
be removed from
this world to be
in Heaven with
Him while He
pours out the
really bad stuff
upon a fallen
world. He
doesn’t want
anyone to
perish, and He
is waiting for
you.

Are you going to
have relief now
from the
problems you are
suffering? I
don’t know, but
God knows how
much you can
take. Even
though it may
seem that our
current problems
are more
important than
anything else,
that isn’t true.
Our eternal
destination is
the most
important
concern in our
lives.

“There
hath no
temptation taken
you but such as
is common to
man: but God is
faithful, who
will not suffer
you to be
tempted above
that ye are
able; but will
with the
temptation also
make a way to
escape, that ye
may be able to
bear it.” (1
Corinthians
10:13)

Maybe you’re
more concerned
with finding a
job so you can
eat, than
contemplating a
God you cannot
see. I
understand that,
and so does He,
but look past
the material
things and think
about that part
of you that will
live forever,
either in Heaven
or hell. Am I
saying that God
doesn’t care if
you find a job?
Why of course,
He cares! But I
can’t make you
any promises
about a job.
However, I can
make you a
promise about a
caring God. He
will be with you
in all you go
through. You
won’t go through
it alone, even
though you may
feel alone. Come
to Him and ask
Him to forgive
your sins, and
save you by the
blood and power
of His Son,
Jesus Christ. He
will put a peace
in your heart
that you have
never known.

“30Wherefore,
if God so clothe
the grass of the
field, which to
day is, and to
morrow is cast
into the oven,
shall he not
much more clothe
you, O ye of
little faith?
31Therefore
take no thought,
saying, What
shall we eat?
or, What shall
we drink? or,
Wherewithal
shall we be
clothed? 32(For
after all these
things do the
Gentiles seek:)
for your
heavenly Father
knoweth that ye
have need of all
these things.
33But
seek ye first
the kingdom of
God, and his
righteousness;
and all these
things shall be
added unto you.
34Take
therefore no
thought for the
morrow: for the
morrow shall
take thought for
the things of
itself.
Sufficient unto
the day is the
evil thereof.”
(Matthew
6:30-34)

Yes, the world
is in chaos, but
there is glory
to be had. By
the glory and
grace of God, we
can have
happiness in the
midst of misery.
We can sleep at
night in
comforting
assurance when
we’re in His
arms. He has
promised that as
he takes care of
the Sparrow, He
will take care
of us.

“Though
he stumble, he
will not fall,
for the LORD
upholds him with
his hand.”
(Psalms 37:24
NIV)

This life on
earth may seem
like a long
time, but it is
only one grain
of sand on the
seashores of
time. Just as we
now look behind
us and wonder
where time went,
we will soon
know no end to
our existence.
In the bowels of
hell, each
minute of time
will be the
greatest of
agonies for an
eternity, but in
the glory of
Heaven each
minute will be
another to enjoy
in the never
ending presence
of God.

Will this chaos
around us ever
go away? Only in
Jesus, will it
be removed, but
if we decide to
turn Him down
and walk away,
it will just
worsen and reach
a crescendo in
an eternal hell.
If we will
believe, we will
have peace and
enjoy in a
chaotic world by
the glory of
God’s presence
in our heart,
and soon, maybe
very soon, we
will see Him
face to face.

“Blessed
is he that
readeth, and
they that hear
the words of
this prophecy,
and keep those
things which are
written therein:
for the time is
at hand.”
(Revelation 1:3)